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Last updated on 2023-05-04.

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Max Blasdel

Professional Experience

Data Reporting & Analytics Consultant IV

Kaiser Permanente

Portland, OR

2022 - Present

  • Automated document creation to eliminate ~40 hours/month of labor
  • Led effort to transition web applications to R Shiny through development of code and trainings
  • Perform ad-hoc analysis of disparate datasets through a combination of R, Python, and SQL
  • Support team development through R package contributions

BI Engineer

Wavicle Data Solutions

Remote

2021 - 2022

  • Provides leadership in team development environment
  • Update, optimize, and document large R script codebase
  • Maintain and debug R Shiny application

Data Analyst

CLEAResult

Portland, OR

2021

  • Economic analysis and insights for energy related projects
  • Create and maintain dashboards in Power BI
  • Development of R packages for internal use
  • ETL processes in Alteryx and database maintenance

Analyst

Cadmus Group

Portland, OR

2020 - 2021

  • Conduct analysis and automate tasks with R
  • Development of R Package for model applications
  • Development and maintenance of Shiny applications
  • Energy efficiency program evaluations and potential analysis
  • Perform cost effectiveness analysis on utility programs

Research Assistant

Schatz Energy Research Center

Arcata, CA

2019 - 2020

  • Provided mentorship and guidance for student staff members
  • Use R to conduct spatial and non-spatial analysis for clean energy projects
  • Write and maintain R code for parallel computing on large data
  • Analyze wind energy generation data
  • Worked and communicated across multiple teams and projects

Graduate Research Assistant

Schatz Energy Research Center

Arcata, CA

2017 - 2019

  • Managed raster and tabular databases in ArcMap and R
  • Contributed to methods for published framework document
  • Developed a JavaScript web tool to visualize project results

Certifications

AWS Data Analytics - Specialty

N/A

Global

2022-2025

AWS Solutions Architect - Associate

N/A

Global

2022 - 2025

Personal Projects

Development Work

N/A

Portland, OR

Current

  • Setup and maintenance of personal Shiny Server hosting apps and utilizing git webhooks
  • Integrating Python and JavaScript into Shiny apps through R
  • Python programming and automation with Raspberry PI

Contract Work

GIS/Data Analyst

N/A

Arcata, CA

2018 - 2019

  • Built spatial R model for India cooking emissions study
  • Joined and cleaned large polygon fie and found solutions to data irregularities
  • Created graphs to convey results from this work in an upcoming publication

GIS/Data Analyst

Sierra Institute of California

Arcata, CA

2019

  • Utilized R to combine public datasets and extract information on logging residues
  • Prepared report ready mapping graphics to display data results

Education

Oregon State University

B.S. Natural Resource Management

Corvallis, OR

2014

Graduated Summa Cum Laude

Portland State University

Graduate Certificate in GIS

Portland, OR

2015

Humboldt State University

M.S. Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences

Arcata, CA

2019

Thesis: Decomposition of Woody Residue in the Context of Biomass Energy Utilization

Publications